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ORREN M. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, rENNSYL-VANIA, ASSlGNOR To s. W,

EVANS AND A; AGNEW, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 76,259, dated Zlfm'ch 31, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUNNERS FOR UMBRELLAS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ORRENM. SMITH, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an improvement in Umbrella-Runners and Notches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of the same. I p

My invention consists of a tube, to which is connected a'metal ring, made from an annular plate, recessed and bent, as fully described hereafter; the runner or notch thus constructed, being much cheaper, and more readily and quicklymanufactured thanthose made in the ordinary manner. I

In order to'enable others skilled in the art to make and apply my invention, I will now proceed to describe the manner f on t ucting the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which-' I Figure 1 is a perspective view of an umbrella runner constructed according to my improvement;

Figure 2, a sectional elevation of the runner.

Figure 3, a plan view of fig. '2.

Figure 4, a plan -view of a metal plate, from which a portion of the runner or notch is made; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a runner of the ordinary construction.

The ordinary runner consists of a metal tube, A, (fig. 5,) at the upper end of which is an annular projection or ring, a, and in the edge of the latter is a groove, 0, and a series of radial slots, ii, the said groove being for the reception of a wire, which passes through openings in the ends of ribs or rods projecting into the slots 2' z. v i

The notchesor pieces to which the upper ends of the ribs of the umbrella are connected, are made in the same manner as the runners, except that the tube A is considerably shorter.

Umbrella-runners and notches madein this manner are expensive, inasmuch as the casting and cutting of the rings a require much time and labor, and occasion considerable waste of material.

To makelny improved runner or notch, I first stamp, from a plate of thin metal, an annular piece or ring, (1, having in the edge a series ofrecesses, c. This ring is then placed between suitably-formed dies, by which, at one blow, it is bent to the form shown in fig. 1, where it isrepresented upon the end of the tube A, to which it is soldered. The recesses i, formed by the bending of'the'ring, serve for the reception ofthe ends of the ribs or rods, while the wire by which these rods are secured lies within the recesses a, which occupy the pdsition shown in thedrawiug.

Owing to the peculiar manner in which the annular. plate a isbent to form the ring, the latter is sufficiently strong to resist all the strains imparted to it, while it maybe much more readilyand quickly made, and with much less expenditure of time and labor, than the usual solid. metalririg. The runner or notch thus made is consequently 'much cheaper than those of the ordinary construction.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secnreby Letters Patent I V A runner or notch, consisting of a tube,.A, and a bent plate or ring,- a, constructed and secured to the tube, substantially as described. p

In. testimony whereof, I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GREEN M. SMITH.

Witnesses:

Guns; E. Fosrnn, W J. R. DELANY. j 

